Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	church_n	good_a	sin_n	1,100	5	4.4331	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B22780	Englands deplorable condition shewing the common-wealths malady, by [brace] sacriledge, and want of duty in the people, contention, want of charity in the ministery, perjury, and want of truth in both : and its remedy by [brace] the peoples obedience and liberality, the ministers love and unity, both their repentance and fidelity : briefly declar'd in three treatises of [brace] the ministers patrimony and peoples duty, proposals to reconcile such as are for lordly episcopacy and un-ordain'd presbytery, for popular independancy and upstart antipædobaptistry, and against perjury : also, a petition for the Jews.	E. F.	1659 (1659)	Wing F18	72,509	69

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be_v the_o priest_n it_o shall_v not_o be_v sell_v nor_o redeem_v leu._n 27._o 21_o 28._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d intention_n dantis_fw-la exod._n 20._o 2_o 6._o extentione_n recipientis_fw-la 1_o cor._n 16._o 14._o impletione_fw-la mandatorum_fw-la rom._n 13._o 8._o acceptatione_n evangelii_n luk._n 10._o 27_o 28._o origine_fw-la obedientiae_fw-la 1_o cor._n 13._o 1_o etc._n etc._n operatione_n nullius_fw-la mali_fw-la rom._n 13._o 10._o who_o shall_v inherit_v heaven_n he_o that_o swear_v to_o his_o own_o hurt_n and_o change_v not_o psal_n 15._o 4._o that_o have_v not_o swear_v deceitful_o psal_n 24._o 4._o i_o have_v open_v my_o mouth_n unto_o the_o lord_n and_o i_o can_v go_v back_o judg._n 11._o 35._o even_o so_o have_v the_o jew_n now_o not_o believe_v that_o through_o your_o mercy_n they_o also_o may_v obtain_v mercy_n rom._n 11._o 34._o london_n print_v for_o the_o author_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v by_o richard_n skelton_n or_o at_o the_o hand_n and_o bible_n in_o 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